Text Tag

The Text tag represents the Text editor in Edit mode and the content from the editor in Preview mode and on a published page.

See also

Read also the Text editor article.

<imcms:text index="1"/>

Available list of tag attributes:

Attribute Type Description
no Integer id of the current text (deprecated version).
index Integer id of the current text (recommended version).
document Integer id of the document from which to take the text. This text cannot be changed on this page.
placeholder String the text to show if there is no content.
label String the text editor title (visible to the admin).
showlabel Boolean true (default) - show the label, false - don’t show label.
mode String

Possible values:

  • absence of this attribute - the Edit mode will show the text editor, the Preview and the published page will show the content.
  • read - the Edit mode will now show the text editor, but the Preview and the published page will show the content.
  • write - the Edit mode will show the text editor, but the Preview and the published page will not show the content.
formats String

Possible values:

  • absence of this attribute - editor takes what-you-see-is-what-you-get type.
  • text - editor takes plain text type.
  • html - editor takes html type.
pre String text or html before the content (if the content is not empty).
post String text or html after the content (if the content is not empty).
showEditToSuperAdmin String text editor visibility in Edit mode only for superadmin.
showMode String

Possible values:

  • absence of this attribute/default - the editor is highlighted in Edit mode.
  • small - the editor in Edit mode looks like in the preview, but after clicking it opens the normal editor.

Warning

Text tag must have no or index attribute!

Usage example

<imcms:text index="1" mode="read"/>
<imcms:text index="1" mode="write" showEditToSuperAdmin="true"/>
<imcms:text index="2" document="1001" placeholder="<i>this text is empty</i>" label="Test text tag" showlabel="true"/>
<imcms:text index="3" document="1001" pre="<div>" post="</div>" formats="html" showMode="small"/>